Why on mac it says install failed: EACCES: permission denied

Prophet_Of_Dune58 May 16, 2024, 10:35am 1

I am a student is a first time downloading Unity and on Mac
Every time I try download editor it keeps saying:

install failed: EACCES: permission denied

This is the recommended version btw

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